Improvement in bee-hives



L. ADAMS.

Bee-Hives;

N0. 145,324, Patented Dec.9,l873.

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LEONIDAS ADAMS, OF MASON CITY, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN lBEE-HIVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,324, dated December 9, 1873; application filed July zo, 1873.

To all whom t may concern."

Be it known that I, LEoNIDAs Anims, of

Y Mason City, county of Mason and State of Illinois, have invented a Moth-Proof Bee-Hive. The following description, taken in connection with the accompanying plate of drawings hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exact speciiication, wherein are set vforth the nature and principles of the invention, by which the same may be distinguished from others of a similar class, together with such parts thereof as are claimed as new and are desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States.

My invention relates to bee-hives, and consists in certain modications and novel combination in the construction of the same, as hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates my invention and forms a part of the speciflcation thereof, Figure 1 is a front view of my improved bee-hive. Fig. 2 represents the inner side of one-half, the hive being made in two parts; and Fig. 3 is a vertical' section of one part. l

The hive is constructed in two parts, both being alike, and designated A in the drawing referred to. The parts are set together and fastened by the hooks a, each part having a honey-box, B, in the upper part, said box having a plate of glass set in each end, so that the contents may be seen by removing the slides H in the casing. The front of the hive is provided with the windows C, which may be covered by the sliding cover c. d indicates the entrances for the bees, located above the moth-trap E. The said moth-trap consists of a drawer at the bottom of each division, the said drawer having the flange or plate g, of sheet metal, projecting inwardly from the top, and downwardly at an angle of forty-five degrees, to prevent upward passage from the trap.. The said drawer is also provided with the perforated bottom m, of sheet metal, and the sliding bottom n below, the purpose of the latter being to close the hive entirely, if desirable. The openings o areto allow the passage of the bees from one division of the hive to the other. The post I, attached to the floor h, is to support the comb. The feet p upon which the hive rests, are made ofy glass and enlarged upward, to prevent the moth passing upon them to the hive above.

By this construction a moth-proof bee-hive is formed which may be divided without break ing the honey-comb. A swarm of bees may also be divided without loss by removing onel division of the hive and placing in its stead another of like construction. v

Having described my invention, I claim- In a hive of the construction described, the moth-trap E, having the ilange g, perforated bottom m, and slide n, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of June, 1873.

Witnesses WM. WARNOCK, Jr., J. S. BANER.

LEoNIDAs ADAMS. 

